Tromra House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810, with projecting single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the main elevation (south). Two-storey extension to the east. Pitched natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to either end. Roughcast rendered walls to main building, ruled-and-line rendered finish to projecting porch. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorcase to east face of porch having cut stone block-and start-surround with lintel over and a timber panelled door. Set back from road (facing away from road) with extensive collection of outbuildings to the rear (north and the northeast). Located to the north of Castlepollard. Main entrance gates to the east (15400311).

An appealing early nineteenth-century house, of modest architectural aspirations, which retains its early form, character and most of its important fabric. The cut limestone doorcase to the projecting porch is an interesting feature of artistic merit. The lintel over this doorcase suggests that it was originally round-headed. It may be the original doorcase and was subsequently moved to its present located after the porch was built. This house was originally built as part of the Pakenham Estate (Tullynally Castle (15400321) and remains an important element of the architectural heritage of Westmeath.